Ever Deepening

Personal Boundaries

I have asserted that a coherent philosophy of quantum mechanics arises
if we allow that mass and charge are separable, and evolve their state
along independent time streams. We also know that atomic systems are
finely tuned coherent resonators. The modes of the electrons moving around
an atom are tightly constrained, and each electron interacts with its
neighbors. From element to element, then, the configuration of the
electrons around the atom is unique. The same is true of the protons and
neutrons of the nucleus.

Normally, the charge of the electrons and protons cancel each other
out, and the electronic configurations do not interact over extended
distances. We know, though, that ionized atomic states - those with an
unbalanced number of protons and electrons - are exceedingly disruptive.
They propagate information about the electronic configuration to the other
atoms in their vicinity, generally forcing their reconfiguration until a
matching source of the opposite charge binds to them.

In standard physics, the mechanism of this interaction is the charge
field surrounding the ions. The two hypotheses of the separability of
charge and its temporal independence imply, however, that other modes of
interaction - perhaps finely tuned resonance interactions - might occur.
This hypothetical interaction would transfer information in the phase of
the charge distribution, rather than as energy. However, that phase
influences the likelihood of energy flow in the receiving system -
therefore influencing the course of its development.

Now: as mentioned in our discussion of the brain, our neural processes
(the axons and dendrites) are limned in calcium ions. The propagation of
neural signals occurs through a local depolarization of the membrane. In
the resting state, however, the material apparatus of our mind is sketched
in its full three-dimensional detail by a coating of charge, broken only
at the synaptic connections.

When we are focused on an internally envisioned goal, the state of our
neural apparatus is driven by the energetics of our personal intentions.
Muscular control and input from our sensory systems fully occupy our
mental resources. This is the dominant mode of men, and the typical mode
of the infant, child and adolescent.

When we learn to still those internal impulses, we quiet our neural
activity, providing it the opportunity to participate in more refined
associations. I will now make an assertion not yet demonstrated in
scientific fact: If another person is around, the commonality of our
neural and sensory patterns allows us, in fact, to participate, through
the resonance of our calcium ions, in each other's neural processes. I
call this neural affinity.